So the stretch of fantastic weather came to thundering close today. The pictures won’t be very good. It was heavily overcast for most of the day although there were briefs views of the sun. And it rained in spurts. Temperatures in the 40’s. And the forecast for tomorrow is for SNOW. Yikes.
Alas, most of the spurts of rain came at stops on the Panoramic Lofoton tour. The tour was three hours long and started out with a boat ride from the Leknes Cruise Terminal to Henningsvær. From there we bussed back to the cruise terminal with a couple of wet picture taking stops. The boat portion was on some fairly rough seas, but it wasn’t unpleasant. And we did see a (faint) rainbow. On return we shopped a bit in the small terminal gift shop. Then we had lunch and decided to stay on board rather than take shuttle bus into Leknes (where most of the shops would have been closed on Sunday anyway). So it was a quiet day reading, napping, and attending shipboard lectures/movies.
A Map of the Tour
The sea route is not marked. Use your imagination. We took the dark blue road back
On the Boat
The blue patches of sky occasionally spotted were pretty much the end of blue skies. Can you spot Henningsvær’s Eiffel Tower? See the rainbow?
On the Bus Ride from Henningsvær to Leknes
The stops were cold and wet. See the cod drying racks? Dried cod and cod liver oil are big products here. Remember cod liver oil from childhood? Yuch. See the Viking Longhouse on the hill?
Back at the Dock
See my new Shelta Seahawk hat? Cool dude, eh?
UPDATE:
6:30 am Monday morning. We are sailing into Tromsø, well above the Artic Circle. It is snowing lightly. The high temperature today will be 38º. Brrrrrr.
Sorry it is dreary for you and your sightseeing. For once, we are warmer on CO than you all. I do remember those days of cod liver oil, yuck! Stay well..
Brrr, you’re right. Elaine, you look so cold. It is, after all, above the Arctic Circle! One never imagines snow on a cruise.
Yup, saw the Eiffel Tower, saw the rainbow. Yes, I remember cod liver oil. You and Cindy are right, yuck. I love your Seahawk hat. Yes, Joe, you are a cool dude!!
All I have to say is those fish jaws are HUGE! The cod grow big in Norway!!!
Kris and I are members of the Vikings cruise line’s Facebook page so we saw Tromso and the snow, The fellow had some nice pix, even the negative edge pool, with snow flurries coming down (no one was in the pool). Stay warm, have fun! He’s on your ship.